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Ayraud, Pierre
Pierre Ayraud, who published his books under the pseudonym Thomas Narcejac, and Pierre Boileau are two of the best known names in French crime writing. Together, they wrote a large number of detective novels signed Boileau-Narcejac, and they were prominent figures on the late 20th century literary scene. Ayraud was also a great connoisseur of crime writing, and he wrote several famous...

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Lathen, Emma
Emma Lathen is the pseudonym that two American friends, the economist Mary Jane Latsis (1927–1997) and the financial lawyer Martha Henisssart (1929–), used when they published their co-authored crime fiction. Latsis and Henissart also published a number of crime novels as R.B. Dominic.
Latsis, who came from a Greek background, was born in Old Park, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois. She read eco...